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Re: DN3000 Now CPU Test #7 fails.

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John,

>> Error: status code = 80009,  Reading vtoc block at daddr: 1E008F (logical), 284)
>>      A hardware error that salvol cannot recover from has occurred.  Consequentl,
>>      the VTOC has been corrupted.  At this point it is best to either abort and
>>      re-invol the disk or have a qualified apollo engineer correct the problem.
>>      If the salvage continues, some files may be lost.
>> Should the salvage continue?n
>> Error: status code = 80009,

Maybe you should read the apollo faq at 
http://web.mit.edu/kolya/www/csa-faq.html, section 4.17. But I fear, 
that fixing a bad block in the VTOC may be difficult or impossible. Then 
you could only add all new bad blocks to the badspot list with invol 
option 9 and reformat the disk with invol 1, But of course this will 
wipe out the previous content of the whole disk.


> The DN3010 now will not pass SELF_TEST.  No changes were made - it just started doing this:
> 
>> ex self_test

The simple tests are normally started with "TE". But more and deeper 
tests are available with "EX DEX". At the dex prompt, HELP shows all 
available commands, RUN executes a single test and AUTO all tests for 
the system. AUTO firsts displays a list of the configuration and then a 
list of the enabled tests with the option to change the lists. If dex 
finds any hardware errors, the I fear you're out of luck with your 3010.

> if I can get rid of the CPU Test #7 error, I will try to recover the disk with SALVOL.  If that fails, I believe I can make QIC  installation tapes from image files using a Sun3 with its 60MB QIC drive.

The latter is a very ambitious plan. The files on the tape must be 
accessible by the MD and I don't think, that the Sun3 has support for 
it. Or does the tape drive has a QIC-36 interface and you want to 
connect it directly to the tape controller in your 3010? This should 
work, provided that the Apollo tapes are still readable and that the 
tape drive still works. Especially the drive wheel must consist of 
elastic rubber that hasn't converted into a greasy tar mass.

BTW, I could send you an Apollo keyboard, but unfortunately without the 
mouse and the cable. On the keyboard side, the cable has a standard 9 
pin D-type connector and on the computer side a rather unusual 7 pin 
DIN-45329 connector. And I'm living in Germany, so you would have to pay 
the shipping cost of about 50$. Are you interested in this keyboard?

Lothar

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